Cambodian Latrine 2021

Mr.Thai Leang and family’s new latrine provided by our Rotary.

Cambodia is still recovering from civil wars and the destruction brought about by the five-year reign of the Khmer Rouge which was removed from power in 1979. Today, the average household earnings in rural Cambodia remain less than $100 per month...far less in some districts. Basic infrastructure is slow to evolve and nearly 80% of the people outside of the major cities suffer from lack of sanitation. Water for consumption and household use is primarily captured from roof runoff during the frequent monsoons and stored in large casks.

In 2014, humanitarian activists Niels Lund (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA) and his Class-ACT NGO along with Chhay Leang Suy (Phnom Penh) and his Solidarity Fund for Rural Development NGO collaborated to form Latrines for Life project. The mission of the project is to bring multi-faceted sanitation installations to rural Cambodians...one family and one village at a time.

In March 2021, Rotarian Lund presented at our Rotary and shared the story of the Or Ya family who received a latrine system. This inspired our club to support the project and provide a latrine system to a Cambodian family.

Click on the Latrines for Life 04-06-2021 to see Rotarian Lund's presentation.
The project newsletter is available in the Latrines for Life photo album.
Learn more about this project at the Latrines for Life website.